diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index 999c5e448..6b212d2e8 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -172,6 +172,18 @@ func NewNode(reg *prometheus.Registry, config *Config, pubIPProvider pubip.Provi
 
 		config.ID = keyPair.GetPubKeyG1().GetOperatorID()
 	} else {
+		pkBytes, err := hex.DecodeString(config.BLSPublicKeyHex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to decode BLS public key: %w", err)
+		}
+		pubkey := new(core.G1Point)
+		publicKey, err := pubkey.Deserialize(pkBytes)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		config.ID = publicKey.GetOperatorID()
+
 		nodeLogger.Info("creating signer client", "url", config.BLSRemoteSignerUrl)
 		creds := insecure.NewCredentials()
 		if config.BLSSignerTLSCertFilePath != "" {
@@ -187,6 +199,7 @@ func NewNode(reg *prometheus.Registry, config *Config, pubIPProvider pubip.Provi
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create new BLS remote signer client: %w", err)
 		}
 		blsClient = blssignerV1.NewSignerClient(conn)
+
 	}
 
 	return &Node{